Wider Achievement and Lifelong Learning Development Officer – Outdoor Learning Strategic Change

Job Description

Children, Education and Justice Services

Wider Achievement and Lifelong Learning Development Officer – Outdoor Learning Strategic Change - Fixed term for 10 months
Bangholm Outdoor Centre

Salary: £37,626 - £44,257 per year
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council is embarking on an exciting project to further progress outdoor learning across its schools, early years centres and community learning. We want to combine and develop existing good practice from across Education into a single vision and coherent 3-18 strategy / plan. This collaborative project across Education, involves colleagues from various services / teams: Schools. Wider Achievement & Lifelong Learning. Early Years. Additional Support for Learning. Learner and workforce consultation is at the heart of our work.

The project includes a range of fixed term roles and is designed to support the Education Service Improvement Plan and further embed outdoor learning across the curriculum, including accredited pathways and awards; build workforce capacity, competence, and confidence; and contribute to transforming Learning for Sustainability and secure significant health and wellbeing outcomes. See Transforming OL for further information about this exciting project. 

This specific role involves core responsibilities and outputs: Taking the lead in; developing a 3-18 city wide outdoor learning vision via consultation and research; creating a 3-18 outdoor learning plan / strategy rooted in evidence; and creating a school policy / framework template to implement the vision and policy. Plus; co-leading the implementation of a new online excursion approval solution; contributing to other parts of the project plan in negotiation with the governance group; and working collaboratively with learners, Council staff, the project governance group and partners. We are looking for applicants who can demonstrate: proven, excellent project management skills, delivering significant outcomes via a robust project plan and demanding timeline; Energy, enthusiasm and a passion for Outdoor Learning and this project; Initiative; and listen to and incorporate the views of others. Please note, the attached Job Description is a generic Wider Achievement and Lifelong Learning Development Officer job description.

For specific details of this role, see the attached person specification and details in this advert. Flexible solutions will be considered, including secondments. For further information and if you have any questions, please contact Andrew.Bradshaw@edinburgh.gov.uk (Outdoor Learning and Adventure Education Team Manager).

The postholder will be required to regularly visit schools, early years centres and other locations across the city. They may also be required to undertake occasional visits to the Council's Benmore and Lagganlia Outdoor Centres. The Council's latest approach to blended working will apply and the allocated work office is Bangholm Outdoor Centre, Edinburgh.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

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To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

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Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

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